Basket carrier



J. v. LONGAN BASKET CARRIER Dec. 22, 1931.

Filed July 11, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet Inventor By QM A llorney j Dec. 22, 193]. I v LONGAN 1,837,664

- BASKET CARRIER Filed July 11, 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor dZ/r V Z4744 Allorney Patented Dec. 22, 1931 UNITED, STATES BASKET Gimme;

Application filed Ju1y11, 930. Serial N6. 467,373.

This invention relates to means for supporting a market basket or thelike, upon rollers or casters, of the type having a frame adapted to support removably a pluralityof baskets in superposed position.

It is the purpose of this wagon or carrier to make it convenient for a customer coming1 into a retail store or other place, where suc carrier may be used, to place a basket in the lower part of the carrier and to place a basket in the upper part of the carrier in superposed position, and push the structure on its rollers, to any desired place and to fill such baskets with groceries or other mechandise, and then push said structure on its rollers to the checkingcounter orother desired place where the basket may be easily lifted from said carrier and placed upon a checking counter, or the like.

Another use for this invention is as a means of great convenience for a mother accompanied by a child, it being possible to carry the baby or child in one basket and the groceries or merchandise in theother basket, and provide a safe and convenient means for conveying said child and said groceries to any desired point in the store or the like.

Another object of this invention is to provide convenient means to expedite filling orders in wholesale drug houses, mercantile establishments, or in conveying merchandise.

or supplies from one location in the store or building, to another location. 7 V f 7 It is the principal purpose of this. device to provide a basket having the features described, and which is very hard to overbal-' ance or upset, being lightweight, yet strong enough to be easily handled, thus avoiding the disadvantage of similar devices now in use in stores and mercantile establishments, which are easily overbalanced and cause thereby expensive damage to show cases and windows and the like. I A

It is to be understood that I do not wish to confine the application of this invention to the precise embodiment set forth therein, but that any change or changes may be made, consistent withthe scope and spirit of the invention.

JOHN v. LONGAN, or RCHE orriirnxn's. f

combination and arrangement of partsfwill FLlgL-Zi'S'aII'GHd'ViGW in elevation. f *5 .niarketj basket" 55, as shown at 17, thusafi'ord- --1The objects"mentioned and other impor l taut objects and advantages, and the nature of the invent on,- its 'compositionyand the;

be clearly understood .from' a reading ofithe 615 accompanying'drawings', and the des'criptio'ns thereoftofollowf 1 7' QInthe-drawings: i j {Figure 'i'sa side'elevationalT'view ot'my g invention.

Fig. 3 is a detailview partly in section of one? or the lower basket retaining elements.

Fig.- 44s a detail ;view :in cross section, showing a detail of the basket suspending means atthetop of the-device 1 V I Referring'ini detail to the drawings, .5 rep: resents a market basket supportedby the legs 10, an her upper ends; andthenunieral '6 designates another market basket suspend- '70' ed between the legs-10 below the basket 5.

The legs 10 have casters 11 at their lower endsto enable the basket tocbe wheeled? over a fioor'or=other.surface.-. 7

L The legs :10 are elements-of a structureconr prising the legs '10, the basket supporting truss 'members 12, :which-are bolted-or other- 7 wisesecureditothe legs 10, as'shownindetail in Fig.3, to' form supports for. the projection of the rim of the'basketfi, as shown in. detail in Fig. 3, a's-at 13. i 1 i The. legs 10 may :rbeaformed :of roundnor square pipe sections, orthey may be of's any suitable material 'on"construction:; The" up peredges 14 of the memberslO are provided with reductions, or funnel forms tapering to 1 2a reducedv opening 15 to receivethe hooks or projections 16 fastened :to the corners of the is removed simply by lifting the same and thereby disengaging the hooks 16 from the a reduced holes 15 in'the ends of the leg 14, and then the lower basket 6 may be drawn up, and removed therefrom. The device may be made of different sizes and shapes to conform to the requirements of the material handled,

and the use to which they are to be subjected.

The portions 14 of the legs areformed to I i permit easy insertion of the hooks 15i The crossmembers 12 may be of metal',;or of wood,

or any suitablematerial, and the baskets 5 and 6 may be of any construction of the gen-' eral type indicated. A 1 g The handle portion 5a andGa of the basket is toflprov-ide means-liftinguthemf from the wagon carrier;and -in,the embodiment shown, .7

the arrangement is made whereby to accomrnodate the upward projection of the same. 5 V 'The legs :10 may be made of: pipes or of angle iron ,oranysuitable. form of material,

7 Thus, it will be seen that I have provided a device of the character described. admirably suited c forqthe purpose for which it is de-v signed, which will not easily [overbalance,

Vwhich is capable of being'movedoverthe fioor or other surface with little'efiort.1to.the

' convenience ofzthe shopper, and" which is simple, easy, and convenient ofoperation,

wheel? cross'pieces connecting intermediate and it'is. capable of-being manufacturedand shipped in quantities at a very cheap price, I and which is an improvement over the exist- I imam. a c 1 Having .thus described my invention, what I claim as new is v a a 1 i A wagon" for supporting market baskets comprising a number :of' vertically arranged leg forming members each'having a" caster wheel atits lower end, each legbeing formed of'angle iron with its flangessbent inwardly at'the ends of the leg for forming the substantially tubular parts, the tubular partat the lower end of the leg receiving the caster portions of the leg members together-and a basket having depending-projections 'at its r I corners which extend into the tubular part I at the upper ends of the leg members forsup- 1 5'0 porting thebasket 'atithe upper endrzof: the

f plate-like member attachedto'the basketand 1 7 r a" depending rmemberf having-its-upper end 'formed' with the plate like 'member leg members'each projection comprising a *In testim IY 4 I a. f JOHN VrLONGA whereofI afiix mysig'nature. I: 

